Stove



Jan. 22, 1929.`

A. A. HOESCH STOVE Filed May 2, 1928 Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

UNITED STATES l 1,699,632 PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR A. ROESCH, vOE BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ROESCI-I ENAMEL RANGE C'O., OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STOVE.

Application led May 2,

The object of my invention is to devise a concealing plate to be used in connection with stoves and ranges, particularly of the type wherein a shell or cover is secured over the heating element and wherein it is desirable to have the fuel door exposed and to have the ash door together with its appurtenances concealed.

Vith these and other objects in view, my

invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a front, sectional elevation of my device, and

Fig. 2 is an end elevation partly in section.

Numeral 3 designates the heating element having the fuel opening 4 and the ash open- -0 ing 5. The heating element is supported on the beams 6, which in turn are supported on the angle irons 7, which are supported on the legs 8. Numeral 9 designates the shell or cover plate which is supported on the angle iron 7 over the heating element 3 gravitationally. Numerals 10 designate rods threaded at both ends, the one end passing through holes in the angle irons 7 and the other ends passing through holes in brackets 11, which brackets are secured on the inner surface of the shell or cover plate 9. Numerals 12 designate nuts in threaded engagement on the ends of the rods 10. By these means the shell or cover plate 9 is secured to the angle irons 7. Numeral 13 designates a perforated grid positioned in the top of the shell 9. This grid 13 is removable. Numeral 14 designates the concealing plate which is in sliding engagement on the rods 10. By means of the pins and winged heads 15 the concealing plate 14 may be selectively secured in any position on 192s. serial No. 274,484.

be further specifically described. In operation the concealing' plate 14 will be in its lower position shown in 1, in which position it will conceal the ash opening 5, but will not conceal the fuel opening 4. Vhen access to the ash opening is desired, the concealing plate 14 may be raised by sliding it on the rods 10 to an upward position. It may be secured in this position by tightening the pins and winged heads 15. rlhe purpose of concealing' the ash opening is on account of its unsightliness and the purpose of insuring the visibility externally of the fuel opening 4 when the stove is in operation is to permit an observer to see the burning of the fuel behind glazed openings in the fuel door.

lllhat I claim and mean to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a heating element having a fuel opening and an ash opening, a shell envolping the heating element, a concealing plate slidably secured in said shell so as to permit selectively the positioning of said concealing plate in front of theV fuel opening or ash opening of the heating element. f

2. In a device rof the character described, heating element having a fuel opening and an ash opening, a support, said heating elementsecured to said support, legs, said support secured to said legs, a shell, said shell superimposed on said heating element and secured gravitationally 'to said support, rods secured to the inner walls of said shell in spaced relationship with the walls, a concealing plate in sliding engagement on said rods so as to permit selectively the positioning of said concealing plate in front of the fuel opening or ash opening of the heating element.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

the rods 10. The remainder of the stove or range structure is conventional and need not ARTHUR A. HOESCH. 

